Aftershock - Called to Rememberance

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Jonah’s Anger with the Lord

Backstory

Jonah spit up from the great fish

God tells Jonah again to go to Nineveh and preach repentance

Jonah obeys this time

Nineveh repents and fears the Lord

Jonah 4:1–4 ESV

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”

Jonah 4:1-

What is Jonah angry with?

God’s mercy toward others

How crazy is this? Jonah is upset because God extended a hand of mercy

He even asks for death because he doesn’t want these people saved

Jonah forgot the mercies the Lord poured out on him

Remember What God has Done for You

Joshua 4:6–7 ESV

6 that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

Joshua 4:6 ESV

6 that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’

The people of God are called to remember

prone to forget

Christians have a greater thing to remember

Romans 5:8 ESV

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

THIS IS THE GOSPEL

Christ came and saved us when we didn’t want Him

This is what we need to remember

How lost and depraved we are

How desperate we are for a Savior

How Christ came and died for us, taking our punishment

That lost people around us need the Gospel to be changed

This is why we take Communion

1 Corinthians 11:24-

1 Corinthians 11:24–26 ESV

24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

This calls us to remember the goodness and mercy of God and our need to share the Gospel with those around them

If sinners truly knew God they wouldn’t do the things they do

Luke 23:

Luke 23:34 ESV

34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Remember the cross when you share the Gospel

They don’t know Him and need Him

Look at how much Paul is moved even though he is beaten and rejected by his own people

Romans 9:3 ESV

3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

I WANT THEM TO KNOW CHRIST!!